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June 8, 2007

G60: Red Sox 10, Diamondbacks 3

JD Drew drove in a career-best seven runs (hitting three-run home runs in the third and sixth innings and doubling home a run in the eighth) and Josh Beckett was on top of his game (8-5-3-2-0-8, 92).

The night belonged to Boston from the start -- Julio Lugo began the game with a home run to left field. Lugo also pulled off a deft tag of Alberto Callaspo in the third inning -- waiting and watching until Callaspo took his hand off second base when he stood up after a slide.

Davis pitched well in his last start against the Mets in New York. The left-hander allowed just one run over 7.2 innings. ... In his last three starts, he has allowed just four earned runs over 22.2 innings.

Arizona (36-25) is 1 GB the Giants in the NL West. ... First of 15 straight interleague games. Boo.

Closer to home, it's Pirates at Yankees and Blue Jays at Dodgers.

P.S. Kevin Youkilis has not updated his blog in nine days. And Curt Schilling hasn't posted about his one-hitter yet. Odd.

Lugo applied the late tag on the slide back in and you could see him look back/down at the runner and how he was positioned. Obviously, Lugo knew that when Callaspo stood up, his left hand would have to come off the bag.

Must have forgot to call time. So Lugo stood there and waited for a few seconds. Sure enough, Callaspo stood up, hand off bag, tagged on back.

Ah - the baseball reference, er, reference explains it. The answer to their trivia question was Yaz, Papi and Manny. They were trying to claim that all three had nifty nicknames and pulled ManRam out of what seemed like nowhere. I've just been treating him like, oh I don't know, Madonna, pretty much since we got him. Only needs the one name! I do like MManny though.

yeah the kia sportage.i mean are they using some parallel between the guy getting matched up with a new (different) car and a guy entering into a threesome or something with his wife/gf?? why is he sitting there with that dumb look on his face?

i think with beckett..you don't wanna make him throw more pitches if you don't have to. but then i guess he could just as well come out in the 8th as well. maybe its also good to keep the bullpen frosty.

Oh, it's totally sensible - why make him throw more than you need him to when you have an entire pen that just got a day off (thanks Schill), I just emotionally like seeing pitchers throw complete games. It's not an intellectual disapointment at all.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America are pulling the A-Rod ads from TV because (in my words) he's a jackass.

That's fucked up. He gives enormous amounts of money to Boys & Girls Club, because they helped him so much when he was a kid. You'd think reaching as many kids as possible would be the more important to them.

So, with the perspective of the morning, the A-Rod/Boys & Girls Clubs thing doesn't seem so funny - just sad. It's not like A-Rod's current problems aren't going to blow over. He's certainly struggling off the field right now.